The diffusion of process innovations in industrialized and developing countries: A case study of the world textile and steel industries

This paper tests the hypothesis that industrial process innovations diffuse more slowly in developing countries than in industrialized countries. The focus of the analysis is on four innovations in the textile and steel industries, selected according to data availability. The analysis uses a variabl...

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Published inWorld development Vol. 21; no. 7; pp. 1225 - 1238
Main Author Lucke, Matthias
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, Eng Elsevier Ltd 01.07.1993
Elsevier
Pergamon Press
Pergamon Press Inc
SeriesWorld Development
Subjects
Adoption of Innovations
Case Study
Developing Countries
Developing Nations
Diffusion
Hypotheses
Impacts
Industrial Societies
Industrialized nations
Industry
Innovation
Innovations
Iron and steel industry
LDCs
Mathematical models
Metal Industry
Processes
Regression analysis
Steel industry
Technological change
Technological Innovations
Textile Industry
Textiles
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Summary:This paper tests the hypothesis that industrial process innovations diffuse more slowly in developing countries than in industrialized countries. The focus of the analysis is on four innovations in the textile and steel industries, selected according to data availability. The analysis uses a variable coefficient regression model, based on an S-shaped diffusion curve. It is found that, overall, the level of economic development had only a modest impact on the adoption of innovations. At a more disaggregated level of analysis, its (limited) impact was related to both the characteristics of the technology, and to the firm structure of the respective industry.
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ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/0305-750X(93)90010-7